I have a very nice, clean, late model, hi-top van conversion, in which I frequentily sleep on the streets at night, as I travel, to save money. However, on a number of occasions, I have had someone throw a small ROCK (or other object) at my said camper, usually between the hours of 12 midnight to 3 a.m. (2-3 a.m. is a VERY bad time for such street camping). Such invariably leaves a big CHIP in the paint, or a knick on the windows glass.
I DON'T "camp" in bad neighborhoods, nor on remote industrial/commercial streets. Have any of you, no matter what the circumstances (even RV parks), ever experienced such RV VANDALISM, no matter how "petty"? I am male, aged 63, white. I often think that such is RACIALLY motivated, or some local resident wanting to RID such camping from their neighborhood, no matter if it is my FIRST appearance there. On one very recent occasion, during broad DAYLIGHT here in a very decent area of Mountain View, CA, a group of five young Hispanic youths, while running (ON FOOT) down the street at great speed, ran right by my van as it was PARKED. Just as they passed, a ROCK hit my van, causing a big paint chip on the left upper side of the hi-top. At first, I tried to pass-it-off as a mis-fired rock, intended for one of the Hispanics. But, such was hardly the case. As I exited my van, said youths were long down the street, and into the bushes. THANKS for any comments about any SIMILAR type of incidents. (END)
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I DON'T "camp" in bad neighborhoods, nor on remote industrial/commercial streets. Have any of you, no matter what the circumstances (even RV parks), ever experienced such RV VANDALISM, no matter how "petty"? I am male, aged 63, white. I often think that such is RACIALLY motivated, or some local resident wanting to RID such camping from their neighborhood, no matter if it is my FIRST appearance there. On one very recent occasion, during broad DAYLIGHT here in a very decent area of Mountain View, CA, a group of five young Hispanic youths, while running (ON FOOT) down the street at great speed, ran right by my van as it was PARKED. Just as they passed, a ROCK hit my van, causing a big paint chip on the left upper side of the hi-top. At first, I tried to pass-it-off as a mis-fired rock, intended for one of the Hispanics. But, such was hardly the case. As I exited my van, said youths were long down the street, and into the bushes. THANKS for any comments about any SIMILAR type of incidents. (END)
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